Colorectal Cancer Early Detection Act

This bill would allow the federal Department of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to give competitive grants to states for colorectal cancer awareness, education, and early detection among people under age 45. States applying would describe plans for outreach to younger people at higher risk, such as those with a family history or certain bowel conditions, and to people in underserved and rural areas and certain other groups. Grant money would have to support early detection and diagnostic testing for younger people at increased or high risk, and could also fund referrals, public awareness campaigns, training for health professionals, patient navigation, and program monitoring. Grants would last 5 years and could be renewed, and states would report on how they used the money.

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Sponsors

• Jon Ossoff Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors